The art is a poem without words, and the world has growing number of artists who know how to express their thoughts with the help of a paint and brush. Street art is becoming one of the most worldwide form of art in the world in the last few years. Painting the walls and some parts of the streets is an art form that has been so much explored during the last years and that was practiced almost in every country in the world. But, the artistic spirit of the artists doesn’t stop here. They continued exploring some new ways of covering public surfaces with their beautiful art, and their newest art project subject has become public outdoor streets. Maybe, we the regular people would never get something like that in mind, but as well known, artists are not common and regular people, and their mind is so open minded so they are practicing this new form of art on a magical way.
There are so many towns in different countries in the world that are famous for their colored artistic outdoor stairs. There is almost no person who hasn’t heard and hasn’t seen the famous piano steps in Valparaiso, Chile, or the famous mosaic stairs in San Francisco. It all started with the rainbow stairs in Turkey, that were paint over by the local government, and nearby communities responded by painting their own steps as well as in solidarity. Since then, this form of art has been widely practiced all around the world, and there is no person who can stay indifferent to those breathtaking arts.
Outdoor stairs painting art can be truly appreciated when viewed by certain vantage point, on which you get the complete picture and you get the idea and the full vision of the artist who has painted it. the most of the pieces form some image, but there are some that are simply colorful decorations that look like a real masterpiece. In the gallery below we have selected the most beautiful of them from all around the world. Enjoy watching them!
1. Beirut, Lebanon
2. Seoul, South Korea
3. Valparaíso, Chile
4. 16th Avenue Tiled Steps, San Francisco
5. Angers, France
6. Sicily, Italy
7. Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
8. Wuppertal, Germany
9. Stairs to the musical theater in Seoul, South Korea
10. Stairs of Peace in Syria